Holding device for embroidery-silks



(No Model.)

L. 0. SMITH. HOLDING DEVICE FOR EMBROIDERY suns,- 8w. No. 530,628. "Patented Dec. 11,1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD OWEN SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR EMBROIDERY-SILKS, 8w.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530.628, dated December 11, 1894.

Application filed October 8,1894. Serial No,525,205. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEONARD OWEN SMITH, residing in Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement'inHolding Devices for Embroidery-Silks and other Threads, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for holding embroidery silks or other threads, and consists in the novel arrangement of the parts hereinafter fully set forth and described.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for holding links or skeins of thread, preferably embroidery silks,which will permit the same to be readily exhibited, which will prevent the contents from becoming soiled, snarled, or tangled and which will when utilized, facilitate the ready removal of one or more threads without disarranging the remaining contents.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of one of the details. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder, the parts being partly assembled. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the completed article, and Fig. 4 illustrates a modified construction.

A is an elongated card in the upper end of which there is by preference formed a recess or perforation for holding the skein of silk B, as shown in Fig. 1.

D is a casing 0r wrapper made a trifle larger than the card A, and of substantially the same shape, so that the said card may be easily carried therein. After the parts are assembled as shown, the tips E E of the cardA are bent or hooked over, and by preference, made to adhere to the casing, thus holding the parts together.

The purpose of bending over the tips E E of the card is to prevent the said card from being withdrawn from the casing in the direc- .tion of the pull exerted when the threads are being extracted. It is not absolutely necessary to make the tips adhere to the casing for, so long as they are hooked over the edge of the same as shown in Fig. 3 the function above ascribed to the device will be performed.

In operation the lower end of the skein B is out (see Fig. 2), and one or more threads may be readily extracted by exerting a gentle pull. 'lhe device facilitates the examination 5 5 of the color and quality of the contents and also prevents the same from being soiled or tangled.

It is obvious that the modification illustrated in Fig. 4 is within the scope of my invention. vIn this figure: D is the casing. A is the card. E E are the tips at the upper end of said card, which tips hook or extend as shown, over the edge of the casing D, instead of over the face of said casing, thereby performing the function ascribed to the device.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for holding silks or threads consisting of a casing carrying an inner card recessed or perforated at one or both ends and adapted to carry a skein of thread, the portion of said card adjacent to the recess, at one end being bent or hooked over the-adjacent portion of the case to prevent the card from being withdrawn excepting in one direction, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A device for holding silks or threads consisting of an elongated casing carrying an innor card recessed or perforated at one end, and supporting a skein of thread, the portion of said card adjacent to said recess being hooked over the adjacent end of the case and attached thereto to prevent the parts from being separated, substantially as described.

3. A device for holding threads consisting of a substantially parallel sided casing carrying an inner card recessed or perforated at oneend, and supporting a skein of thread, the portion of the said card adjacent to the recess being hooked over the end of the case and attached thereto to prevent the parts from being separated, substantially as described.

4. Adevice for carrying silks or threads con- 5 sisting of a substantially parallel sided casin g open at both ends and carrying an inner card recessed at the upper end, and supporting a skein of thread, the portion of the card on each side of the recess being partially or rcc wholly bent over'the adjacent end of the easing and attached thereto to prevent withdrawal, substantially as described.

LEONARD OWEN SMITH.

Witnesses:

A. RAPPENECKER, H. O. EGNER, Jr. 

